Movie Editing

After we had finished filming, we had chosen then shots we were going to use in for the final movie, and we pasted them on to iMovie and edited them. We used a number or different editing techniques, such as Cutting, Fade Wipe etc. At the end when we thought we were finished editing we realised our movie was 30 seconds too long therefore we had to cut some shots which were not so important. Also, as our movie was shot in the dark, we had to use a contrast and brightness setting which would make the scenes brighter so the actors could be identified. The antagonist was wearing all black clothing, hence it was important to change the brightness. We had also edited the composition we had created to make it fit in the scenes. We had encountered that we had to make the song longer as it was too short, so we extended it. We played the song at the begging and towards the end. The song went really well with our movie overall. 

Rough Cut

This is our Rough Cut of our work, as you can see from the length of this clip, it is 2 minutes and 31 seconds, however our final piece had to be a maximum of 2 minutes, therefore we had to cut and edit some scenes out which we thought were not so important. We had quickened some scenes up to take a couple seconds of. Also, from our final movie you will be able to see that some shots from the park have been cut out and edited such as when the victims father walks out of the park to go find his items which he had lost. We had cut this part out as this scene just added useless seconds which were of no use, therefore we had only included the shots we needed. We had also re-filmed the ending scene when the villain goes back to his dark room and writes on his weekly planner mission accomplished. We had taken This scene out and changed it as we had received feedback from the class and we were told that it seems as if our film finished after the kidnapping, therefore we had changed the scene to the villain showing a picture of his next victim. This made more sense as the audience would not have gotten confused, and also so it would have shown that the film has more to it.

Day 4 Recording

On 26th November, we had re-filmed our first scene again as we thought there were a few shots we could've added in to make the film more enjoyable for the audience, the changed that we had made on the filming was that we changed sides on the filming as the other end of the room was more darker, and there was more background lighting which we could've used. We had also used a overhead projector to show the pictures of the victims and when the antagonist writes on the board. After this the villain walks to his desk and sits down, and writes on his weekly planner once again.

Day 3 Recording

On 23rd November, this was the third day of filming when we had filmed in the park, we started to film after 4pm as this was the time the sun started to set, and we needed it to be dark so we could film. Also, this was when we shot the Protagonist and the victim (his daughter) in the park. We had also changed the location  of the park to Murray Park in Hounslow, this was because in the park we were going to film before there was construction work going on resulting in us changing location. However, the new location was better becuase there was more natural light that we could use, and there was more space to film. There was one benefit to us as there was barely anyone in the park which had advantaged our group as we could've filmed without any disturbance. Whilst editing, we had seen that the lighting in some shots was too dark, therefore we had used visual effects to make the lighting more brighter. Overall, the end result was great as everything went according to plan, there was no weather issues, and  all the acting went according to plan too.

Day 2 Recording

On 21st November, this was the second day of filming, this day we had repeated the first scene as we thought we could've made some improvements which were that the filming we had done was not steady, and there was some unexpected background noise, therefore we thought we should invest in a tripod so our filming would be still and would not move. After we had started to film, we realised we should make some changes such as the lighting in the room therefore we added some background lighting and we made the antagonist clap so he could turn the lights on. We did this as if the villain had clapped to make the lights turn on, this would add to the fact that the  villain was weird.

Day 1 Recording

On Tuesday 19th November was the first day we started filming, this is the part of our film when the antagonist is the dark room and is putting pictures of his victim on his weekly planner and writing on it. Also, this scene shows the victim and his diary which he has pictures of his victims and the location of where he took the pictures. Also, the audience see the antagonist smells a Hair Bow, this belongs to the victim. This shows how mental the antagonist actually is. We have used a dark room to film this scene as it is meant to replicate the antagonists bedroom which looks dark as thriller films are usually dark & dull.

Making of Movie (Photos)

These are the pictures i have taken whilst the making of our movie. These are different shots taken in different scenes, and majority of the shots include the villain and the victim. Also, there are some pictures which show my group filming. 

 This image shows the camera man filming one of the scenes when the victim and her father are getting ready to play on the swings.

 This is another image which shows the camera man filming the scene where the father is playing with her daughter. 

 This shows the camera man and the characters, where the camera man is taking a shot of the victim and her father.

This is a picture taken to show the beginning scene of the antagonist in his dark room looking at his week planner, and updating it. As you can see he is wearing dark clothing which slightly identifies that he is the villain. Also, the weekly planner shows pictures of the villains target. 

This is the notebook that the villain writes in about his victim, as you can see there are pictures which show his target, and an object which he collects in the park as the victim drops it. The name of the victims mischievous plan is called 'The Agenda' 

This is the antagonists weekly planner that shows that on this week, he is going to make his move on kidnapping the victim, but will be successful of not no one knows. 

This is the park which the victim and her father are playing on, and the swings that she gets kidnapped from. 

This is a shot that shows the victim and her father playing in the park, early before she gets kidnapped.

This is another picture of the swings taken from a different angle. 

This is when the victim and her father are playing on the swings, and minutes later the father realises he has lost his phone therefore he goes to find it, telling his daughter to stay there and not to move.